Prosecutors say that the woman accused in Vermont murder of the Border Patrol agent was in contact with the homicide suspect

A woman from the state of Washington accused in relation to the fatal From a border patrol agent of the United States in Vermont he had been in frequent contact with someone whom the authorities have been linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California, a federal prosecutor said in judicial documents on Monday.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces two positions of weapons in relation to the death of the Border Patrol agent David Maland44, who died on January 20 during the shooting in Coventry, a small town about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border. He had been traveling with Felix Bauckholt, a German citizen who was also killed, and the couple had been under surveillance for several days.

In a motion presented on Monday, the US prosecutor Michael Drescher said that Youngblut should be stopped as the case proceeds due to the nature of the crime, the weight of the evidence against him, his lack of ties with vermont and the danger that Represents for the community.

According to the motion, the weapon used by Youngblut and one that Bauckholt carried was bought by a third person in Vermont last February. The buyer is a person of interest in a double homicide investigation in Pennsylvania, Drescher said.

And both Youngblut and the buyer “know and have been in frequent contact with” someone who was arrested during that research and who is also a person of interest in a homicide investigation in Vallejo, California, said the motion.

“The possession of the accused and the use of a firearm, combined with its itinerary and associations, suggests that it raises a current and substantial danger for the community that could not be addressed by a condition or a combination of conditions of liberation prior to the trial,” , the prosecutor wrote.

Youngblut made an initial appearance in a federal court in Burlington on Monday and was scheduled for a detention hearing on Thursday. The public defender assigned to represent Youngblut in the United States District Court in Burlington did not return the emails in search of comments. A spokesman for the United States prosecutor for the Vermont district declined to comment.

According to an affidavit of the FBI, a border agent stopped Youngblut and Bauckholt in the 91 interstate to perform an immigration inspection. At that time, Bauckholt seemed to have an expired visa, according to a database of the National Security Department, but the investigators then confirmed that his visa was current, said the FBI.

Youngblut, who had been driving the Bauckholt car, came out and opened fire against Malend and other officers without prior notice, the FBI alleges. Bauckholt tried to draw a weapon but was shot, according to the affidavit.

At least one border agent shot Youngblut and Bauckholt, but the authorities have not specified who they hit who hit who.

“This investigation is still very active and the legal process continues,” said FBI spokeswoman Sarah Ruane, in a statement during the weekend.

The researchers had been conducting “periodic surveillance” by Youngblut and Bauckholt since January 14 after an employee in a hotel where concerns were reported after seeing Youngblut load a weapon and she and Bauuckholt with black tactical equipment, according to the affirmation. The researchers tried to question the duo, who said they were in the area seeking to buy properties, but refused to have an extended conversation, said the FBI.

During a car search after the shooting, the authorities found cell phones wrapped in aluminum foil, a ballistic helmet, night vision glasses, respirators and ammunition, said the FBI. They also found a package of shooting field objectives, including some that had been used, bidirectional radios, approximately a dozen “electronic devices”, travel and accommodation information for multiple states, and an apparent magazine.

In May, Youngblut’s parents informed the Seattle Police that it was missing, according to a police report. In the account, first reported by The Seattle TimesThey said that he had left home with canvas bags full of personal belongings, including his passport and medical records.

The parents said their behavior had changed and that he had been lying on where he was already seeing. They said that he had also broken contact with friends and changed his phone number. The parents said they were worried that she was “forced to take these actions or that she may be in a controlling relationship.”

A Teresa Youngblut took a marriage license to a man who was not Bauckholt in November, according to a search for records in King County from the state of Washington.

A man arrived at a list of telephones for Youngblut’s family on Friday identified himself as Youngblut’s grandfather and declined to comment. No one responded to Homes’s door in Seattle and Redmond, Washington, associated with the name of Youngblut, and the neighbors declined to comment.

Bauckholt graduated with a title of honors in mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada in 2018, according to online records. He competed and won honors in computer programming competitions and occupied an office at the University Computer Club. He had received a scholarship and was one of several students who had won medals in the international olympics of mathematics or computer science, according to a 2015 school press release.

A LinkedIn profile now eliminated for a Felix Bauckholt said he had been working as a quantitative merchant for a new york -based financial company since October 2021. An email was sent to the firm that sought confirmation.